The Standard US Army Tank Battalion for Invading Japan

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The Standard US Army Tank Battalion for Invading Japan

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Post by Mil-tech Bard » 18 Jul 2014, 23:17

Two previous Forum threads have touched on the subject of the US Army tank battalions in vading Japan, see:

M26 Pershing vs Japan
http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic. ... 3&t=161677

and

Operation Downfall
http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic. ... 3&t=167525

...but we now seem to have a definative answer from the Chicago boyz web log here:

History Friday: Secrets of the Pacific Warfare Board — Pershing Tanks for Operation Olympic
http://chicagoboyz.net/archives/43946.html

The key data from the link is in this photograph:
Standard Pacific Tank Battalion July 1945.jpg
The Standard US Army Tank Battalion for the Invasion of Japan
The new TOE for US Army Tank battalions to invade Japan was
  • 2 companies (17 ea) M4A3 (76) HVSS
    1 Comp.(17 ea). M26 Pershing
    1 Comp (17 Ea) M24 Chaffee
    6 ea. M4A3(105mm) for assault gun platoon plus company howitzer tank
    plus 3 ea M4A3 (76) HVSS HQ tanks
    Plus 10 ea M5-4 Flame tanks (M4A1E9) based in two provisional platoons of five

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